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Josh Slocum | When Abnormal Psychology Becomes the New Normal

We explore how Western culture has slipped into a full-blown abuse dynamic, where government, media, and activist movements mirror the behaviors of dysfunctional families and narcissistic abusers.

• Madness Goes Mainstream

  • Why abnormal behavior is now framed as virtue

  • Fear, confusion, and emotional manipulation as tools of control

  • Reality inversion: truth labeled harm, lies labeled compassion

• Cluster B Psychology in Public Life

  • Narcissism, rage, victimhood, and sadism in politics

  • External locus of control: nothing is ever their fault

  • Emotional breakdowns used tactically to dominate discourse

• Abuse Dynamics in Activism

  • Gaslighting, intimidation, and coercive empathy

  • Why dissent is framed as violence

  • Domestic abuse psychology scaled to society

• Media Influence & the Failure of “Just Give Them the Facts”

  • Why information no longer persuades

  • Social contagion vs rational debate

  • Media as an amplifier of emotional abuse

• Kids, Schools, and Ideological Capture

  • Walkouts, “Days of Action,” and moral panic

  • Children positioned against parents

  • Long-term psychological consequences

• Canada, Alberta, and Political Fracture

  • Declining happiness and institutional trust

  • Alberta separation sentiment as a pressure response

  • Centralized power accelerating fragmentation

• Climate, Conspiracies, and Control

  • Climate narratives as emotional leverage

  • “Conspiracy theory” as a silencing mechanism

• Sex, Identity, and Repressed Aggression

  • Gender resentment and sexual politics

  • Why women often attack other women

  • Sadomasochistic undercurrents in modern activism

• Civil Unrest & What Comes Next

  • Why conflict feels inevitable

  • Honeymoon period after Trump

  • EU instability and Western institutional decay

  • Letting broken systems fall vs trying to save them